Bug 920246 (CVE-2013-0402)

Summary: CVE-2013-0402 Oracle JDK: unspecified JavaFX buffer overflow leading to JVM compromise (CanSecWest 2013, JavaFX)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
Severity: urgent Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: unspecifiedCC: dbhole, jvanek
Target Milestone: ---Keywords: Security
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2013-04-18 19:23:36 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:    
Bug Blocks: 920272, 950067    

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2013-03-11 15:49:52 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2013-0402 to the following vulnerability:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Oracle Java 7 Update 17, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

References:
[1] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0402
[2] http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
[3] http://www.zdnet.com/pwn2own-down-go-all-the-browsers-7000012283/
[4] https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/309484730506698752
Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2013-04-17 12:53:15 UTC 
This is now fixed in Java SE 7u21 and JavaFX 2.2.21:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html

Issue is listed as affecting JavaFX component.  Therefore, OpenJDK packages are not affected by this issue.
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2013-04-18 18:27:45 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:0757 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html